Of course, the two dozen divisions on both sides of the war, which totaled less than 300,000 troops, could not all be piled together.
Although the front was not very long due to environmental and terrain restrictions, when the eight Italian divisions deployed, the front was still at least dozens of kilometers long.
After all, a division only defends a line of defense that is more than ten or twenty kilometers wide. It is really just a normal performance.
After the two defeated Italian divisions were defeated, the gap in the defense line was only twenty or thirty kilometers wide. If the attack continued, the Egyptian army would only have an attack group consisting of one armored division and two mechanics. .
As for other infantry divisions, they were held back by Italian divisions on other lines of defense.
Although their fighting will is not good, and they are only in a situation where they will be able to block the Egyptian attack, they can still delay the Egyptian attack.
However, the Egyptian army did not take advantage of the opportunity to break through the defense line to continue attacking at this time, but strangely stopped.
"Your Majesty, the German defense line has been broken through by our army. I suggest that the attack group continue the attack and pursue the victory to completely defeat the enemy." In the combat command room, a staff officer of the Egyptian army loudly put forward his suggestion to Chen Mo.
Thanks to the empire's strong technological and industrial strength, the Egyptian world has also enjoyed the benefits brought by modern industrial construction and large-scale production.
Although this combat command room is only a temporary structure, there is an external air conditioner connected next to it, which can make the entire combat command room filled with pleasant coolness.
With such a comfortable environment, and now that they have broken through the enemy's defense line and defeated the enemy's defense forces, it is inevitable that some arrogance will arise in the Egyptian army.
They believe that the enemy in front of them is nothing special. With their powerful equipment and combat capabilities, they can directly crush them no matter what kind of enemy they are. There is no enemy in this world that can stop them.
However, Chen Mo was not as proud as them, because he clearly knew that he was facing many famous generals of the German army in World War II.
Although the Egyptian army is indeed better than the Italian army and the German army in terms of the quality of the army, to be able to ignore all the crushing, that is unless Chen Mo lets go and uses the sea, land and air forces to go into battle.
It might not be difficult to defeat the opponent by using only an army force and an aviation group equal to the opponent's, but crushing them is still almost impossible.
Therefore, Chen Mo did not blindly think that he had won after breaking through the Italian division's defense line, especially since Chen Mo had already seen that Rommel was setting a trap for him.
"What we defeated was only two temporary Italian divisions. The four main German divisions of the German army have already withdrawn behind the defense line. Don't you think they were broken up and withdrawn for repairs? Give me a good look. Look!" Chen Mo threw a stack of photos on the map on the table and asked angrily as he looked at a room full of staff officers.
The staff officer heard Chen Mo's question and quickly picked up the photos on the table and distributed them for circulation.
They quickly looked at the photos, with embarrassed looks on each of their faces.
The photo Chen Mo took out was clear enough, and the defensive facilities of the German defense line above were also visible to the naked eye. It was obvious that the Germans were not repairing, but building a new defense line.
If the Egyptian army does not know the existence of this line of defense and pursues it directly, they will undoubtedly run into this line of defense and then run into the trap set by the Germans.
"Your Majesty, I implore you to order the air force to be dispatched to bomb the German positions. Just one round of bombing, coupled with the armored assault of the attack group, is enough to defeat and defeat this German defense line." A staff officer showed strong kindness.
He was eager to fight and shouted to Chen Mo for a fight.
However, Chen Mo shook his head and rejected the proposal: "Sending out the air force for bombing is too expensive. The Suez Canal area is currently being attacked by German air attacks. Our army is short of fuel and there is no way to dispatch air forces on a large scale for the time being. This time the air force can assist
Conducting reconnaissance is as far as they can go."
The staff officers in the command room looked at each other in confusion after hearing Chen Mo's remarks.
What is this your Majesty is talking about? Didn’t the Air Force just yesterday say that it was too idle and wanted to join the war?
Whatever His Majesty says is what he says. Your Majesty said that the Air Force is short of fuel, so the oil storage tanks at the Air Force base are filled with water.
Several staff members quickly agreed and stopped arguing about this matter.
However, facing the German defense line, several staff members came to a conclusion after discussion, but they were not very optimistic.
Although the attack group in their hands wants to break through this line of defense and break through the German traps, it is not a problem, but the cost of doing so is heavy. The three divisions that make up the attack group will undoubtedly suffer quite serious losses.
loss.
Although this kind of loss is within the acceptable range for the Egyptian army, it should be avoided if it can be avoided.
But this requires them to come up with a more feasible attack plan.
The equipment of the Egyptian army is indeed advanced, and the combat will of the soldiers is indeed at a level that is not afraid of death due to the treatment of being able to resurrect and save an extra life. However, at the tactical and strategic level, these staff officers who have not received much actual combat training are of the same level.
It's limited.
Even with the assistance of the clone officers Chen Mo brought from the biochemical world, their level would be just about average.
They were close enough to command a conventional battle, but they were still far behind if they wanted to compete with a famous general like Rommel.
However, the advantage now undoubtedly lies with the Egyptian army. The trap set by Rommel has been seen through. It is not difficult to solve the situation at hand.
Chen Mo stopped the attacking group as a way of coping.
Knowing that the other party has set a trap for me, the simplest solution is for me not to step into this trap.
As long as the Egyptian troops on both wings defeated the other Italian divisions and achieved a breakthrough, with the army encircled, even Rommel would probably have to grow two wings to let the cooked duck fly away.
However, Chen Mo did not intend to use this method to deal with Rommel's trap.
It's not that he didn't have self-awareness and planned to forcefully break through the German trap, but the four German divisions didn't necessarily have to wait for him with traps.
These four German divisions can be deployed elsewhere on the front to cooperate with the Italian divisions in launching a counterattack against the Egyptian army.
If any of the troops failed to resist, although it would not lead to defeat, it would shake the defense line and create new opportunities for Rommel.
So after some consideration, Chen Mo took apart the attack group in his hand, and spread out the two mechanics to both sides to help the Egyptian troops on both wings break through the Italian division's defense line, while the tank division was held in his hands
, planning to try the trap set by Rommel.
After all, Chen Mo didn't want these four German divisions to be strengthened on the defense line, so he could only use the armored divisions on hand to hold them back.
